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237th
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS OF MEDFIELD
For the Year ending January 31, 1888.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS . 2
TREASURER'S REPORT
4
SELECTMEN'S REPORT
5
COLLECTOR'S REPORT
16
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
17
REPORT OF ENGINEERS .
20
REGISTRAR'S REPORT 21
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE 24
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL FUND
28
REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE
29
PUBLIC LIBRARY
30
WARRANT FOR THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING 31
BOSTON GEORGE H. ELLIS, 141 FRANKLIN STREET 1888.
237th
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS OF MEDFIELD
For the Year ending January 31, 1888.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS . 2
TREASURER'S REPORT
4
SELECTMEN'S REPORT
COLLECTOR'S REPORT 16
5
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR I7
REPORT OF ENGINEERS . 20
REGISTRAR'S REPORT 21
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE 24
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL FUND 28
REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE 29
PUBLIC LIBRARY
30
WARRANT FOR THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING 31
BOSTON GEORGE H. ELLIS, 141 FRANKLIN STREET 1888.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1887.
Town Clerk. STILLMAN J. SPEAR.
Selectmen.
GEO. W. KINGSBURY. GEO. W. BRUCE. EDWIN V. MITCHELL.
WM. F. GUILD.
Assessors. WM. P. HEWINS. JAMES NELSON.
Overseers of the Poor.
GEO. W. KINGSBURY. AMOS E. MASON. EUGENE BONNEY.
Treasurer.
RALPH A. BATTELLE.
Collector. MOSES H. JOHNSON.
Board of Health.
J. H. RICHARDSON. ARTHUR MITCHELL. JAMES M. HEWINS.
School Committee.
WM. S. TILDEN, Term expires 1889.
HENRY F. SAWYER,
.
1888.
JOSEPH A. ALLEN,
.
1890.
Constables.
GEORGE A. MORSE.
HERMON G. CROSBY. BENNETT WILSON.
Fence Viewers.
HINSDALE F. BULLARD. WM. P. HEWINS. E. U. SEWELL.
Trustees of the School Fund.
HAMLET WIGHT. J. H. BAKER. R. A. BATTELLE.
3
Trustees of the Public Library.
JAMES M. HEWINS,
Term expires 1890.
J. HERBERT BAKER,
66
1890.
WM. S. TILDEN,
66 1888.
S. J. SPEAR,
J. H. RICHARDSON,
66
66
1888.
Cemetery Committee.
JOHN W. SHUMWAY. JOSEPH CLARK. ALONZO B. PARKER.
Sexton.
ALONZO B. PARKER.
Field Drivers.
GEORGE H. SMITH.
J. HERBERT BAKER.
ROBERT W. BAKER.
HERBERT W. HUTSON.
EDWIN J. KEYOU.
FRED. H. MORSE.
CALVIN FULLER.
JOHN G. HUTSON.
JOSEPH E. ALLEN. EDWARD P. GILLEY.
JOHN H. SCHOOLS.
GEO. F. MITCHELL.
THOMAS S. MUNRO.
BERNARD CLARK.
Highway Surveyors.
JEREMIAH JOHNSTON. CHARLES H. RUSSELL.
WM. F. GUILD. FRANK S. WIGHT.
GEO. W. KINGSBURY.
Auditor. J. A. FITTS.
Pound Keeper. GEO. D. HAMANT.
APPOINTED BY THE SELECTMEN.
Fire Engineers.
GEO. A. MORSE. BENNETT WILSON. CHAS. W. GILMAN.
Weighers.
THOMAS L. BARNEY. MISS E. G. STEVENS.
Measurer of Wood and Bark and Sealer of Weights and Measures. THOMAS L. BARNEY.
Board of Registrars.
H. F. BULLARD. Term expires 1888. WM. C. ALLEN, 66 ISS9.
JOHN G. HUTSON,
IS90.
S. J. SPEAR, ex officio.
66 1888.
Dr.
RALPH A. BATTELLE, Treasurer, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF MEDFIELD.
To Cash in Treasury, February 1, 1887,
$1,197.60
By Cash paid on account of Schools : Teaching, Fuel, Care, Supplies, and Repairs,
$9,636. 18
Cash on Tax for 1887,
.
.
14,067.58
Highways and Bridges,
3,346 48
Interest on Tax of 1887,
18.47
Support of Poor, .
.
2,768.50
Corporation Tax, 1887,
457.02
Town House,
.
353.55
National Bank Tax, 1887,
546.66
Fire Department,
1,016.99
State Aid and Paupers,
140.00
Aid to Indigent Soldiers,
225.00
Income of State School Fund,
162.19
Public Library,
349.99
Interest on School Fund,
164.11
Borrowed Money, .
5,350.00
Borrowed Money,
6,350.00
Taxes, Interest, and Abatements,
.
1,758.97
Interest on Bank Deposit,
20.58
Town Officers,
698.50
Insurance on Poor House and Furniture,
1,850.00
Sewers and Drains, .
280.79
Board of J. H. Harding and interest,
89.56
Miscellaneous,
370.79
Millis half cost of Farm Bridge,
122.73
Dog Licenses,
234.95
Rent of Town Hall,
249.75
Rent of Stores, ·
·
·
·
464.03
On account of Sewer, ·
.
400.52
Overseers' Sales at Town Farm,
1,057.23
Licenses, Pedler and Billiard Table,
8.00
Miscellaneous,
13.28
$27,700.08
$27,700.08
MEDFIELD, February 1, 1888.
R. A. BATTELLE, Treasurer. Examined and found correct. J. A. FITTS, Auditor.
.
.
.
.
.
.
$26,155.74
Balance in Treasury, February 1, 1888, . 1,544.34
.
85.82
Cash on Tax for 1886, .
.
.
Cr.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
THE Selectmen of Medfield respectfully present the Annual Report of the finances of the town for the year ending Jan. 31, 1888 :-
APPROPRIATIONS RAISED BY TAX.
For Teaching Schools,
$2,400.00
Highways,
1,800.00
Bridges,
300.00
Poor out of the Almshouse,
1,000.00
Poor at the Almshouse,
600.00
Library,
100.00
General Expenses,
1,000.00
Fire Department,
600.00
Town Officers,
650.00
School Books,
300.00
Fuel, Care, and Supplies of the Schools,
1,000.00
Town Debt,
500.00
Remodelling Centre School-house,
3,000.00
$13,450.00
PAYMENTS BY THE TREASURER.
TEACHING SCHOOL.
Paid Mr. E. E. Grover, .
$899.98
Mrs. M. B. A. Dunn,
403.00
Miss Lizzie D. Richards, . 375.00
Miss A. M. Dorr,
389.50
Miss L. R. Rockwood, 276.00
Miss G. E. Rand, .
191.00
Miss Carrie L. Wight,
74.40
Mrs. S. M. Chase, .
389.64
Town of Norfolk, Schooling the Hagerty Chil-
dren, .
20.88
$3,019.40
Repairs on School-houses, .
200.00
6
FUEL, CARE, AND SUPPLIES.
Paid Charles Fisher, cutting up wood for N. School, $6.25
Ellen Clifford, dispensing books, . 20.00
Richard C. Lincoln, care of N. School-house, . 17.25
Geo. L. L. Allen, cutting and packing wood, N. School-house, 4.20
Gould & Co., coal for C. School-house,
7.28
Hamlet Wight, wood for N. School-house, 32.50
F. H. Phelps, care of S. School-house, 26.55
T. L. Barney, rent for school-room, . 100.00
M. H. Johnson, care of C. School-house, . 120.50
J. B. Hale, supplies for all the Schools,
36.36
S. J. Spear, printing programmes for exhibition,
5.75
W. R. Smith, use of piano for exhibition, .
5.00
Clarke & Carruth, diplomas,
18.50
G. D. Hamant, wood for S. School-house,
25.00
G. D. Hamant, filling up old well,
1.00
M. H. Johnson, cash paid for cleaning C. School- house, 16.33
E. M. Bent, coal for C. School-house,
126.37
E. M. Bent, wood for C. School-house,
5.25
Irving How, care of N. School-house,
9.00
James Ord, supplies,
73.85
Willie Sherman, cutting wood, N. School-house,
1.00
John Kingsbury, care of C. School-house, .
48.00
E. E. Grover, supplies,
1.75
H. M. Parker, express,
13.10
T. L. Barney, supplies,
5.36
$726.15
SCHOOL-BOOKS.
Paid Adams & Ingraham, $86.96
Geo. S. Perry,
48.99
Interstate Publishing Co.,
14.67
J. B. Hale,
91.10
Lee & Shepard,
3.50
$245.22
7
REPAIRS ON SCHOOL-HOUSES.
Paid N. F. Harding, stock and labor, C. School-house, $3.55 L. Babcock & Son, stock and labor, N. School- house, 29.48
L. H. Turner, repairs on furnace, 2.50
N. F. Harding, stock and labor, N. School-house, 26.73
C. F. Bruce, stock and labor, N. School-house, 7.00
C. F. Bruce, stock and labor, C. School-house, 1.50
$70.76
Remodelling the Centre School-house, expended by the Building Committee : -
Paid Old Colony R.R., freight on bricks, .
$9.60
Wm. C. Fuller, moving house, .
137.50
John Noonan, labor,
7.65
H. W. Austin, mechanics' permits,
5.00
C. T. Frost, cash paid for labor,
143.12
N. F. Harding, on contract,
2,737.30
E. V. Mitchell, cash paid for brick,
68.00
H. G. Crosby, labor with team,
68.42
C. F. Bruce,
374.24
James B. Bussey, stone, . 9.00
A. A. Sanborn, steam-heating, .
785.00
C. T. Frost, grading grounds, .
21.00
C. C. Frost, cutting underpinning,
12.00
John Clark, brick,
38.68
Wm. Ryan, sharpening picks and drills,
3.89
$4,420.40
Ordered by School Committee : - Paid Carroll W. Clark, black-boards, $73.50 N. F. Harding, stock and labor, 382.90
A. G. Whitcomb, desks, 357.70
J. L. Hammett, gongs, 12.00
N. F. Harding, blinds and fixtures, and labor, I26.60
L. Babcock & Son, stock and labor,
14.90
$967.60
S
Balance to credit of schools, Feb. 1, 1887, .
$681.75
Appropriation by the Town, .
2,400.00
Income from State School Fund,
162.19
Income from Town School Fund, ·
164.1I
$3,408.05
Expended for teaching,
3,019.40
Balance to credit of schools, Feb. 1, 1888, .
$388.65
HIGHWAY SURVEYORS.
Paid Geo. W. Kingsbury, .
$300.00
Jeremiah Johnston,
249.35
Wm. F. Guild, .
302.47
C. H. Russell, West Centre District,
305.00
C. H. Russell, North-west District,.
300 00
F. S. Wight,
304.77
$1,761.59
CLEARING ROADS OF SNOW.
Paid Jeremiah Johnston,
. $7.50
F. S. Wight,
8.35
G. W. Kingsbury,
4.20
Conrad Weiker,
10.50
Wm. F. Guild, .
25.65
$56.20
DWIGHT'S CAUSEWAY.
Paid Johnston & Crosby, on contract,
. $350.00
H. G. Crosby, extra work,
.
106.37
Jos. Clark, gravel,
3.85
Jeremiah Johnston, extra work, .
13.60
$473.82
.
.
a
SOUTH STREET JOB.
Paid Jeremiah Johnston,
$180.72
H. G. Crosby, .
203.84
A. B. Parker,
34.12
Chas. Turner,
4.90
J. H. Brigham,
9.54
Michael Callahan,
21.70
R. A. Battelle, 662 loads of gravel,
33.10
$487.92
BRIDGES.
Paid R. E. Sherman, use of derrick, . . $3.50
Jeremiah Johnston, culvert on Main Street,
45.06
J. H. Baker & Co., iron work, . .
1.55
N. Y. & N. E. R.R., freight on lumber,
16.25
Geo. Mecquesten & Co., timber,
129.64
L. C. Bullard, labor,
17.88
J. H. Schelensmeyer, labor,
17.88
L. Babcock & Son, painting railing,
22.49
Union Lumber Co., plank, 108.32
John Noonan, labor on So. Street Culvert, 10.00
Thomas Rourke, labor on So. Street Culvert, 7.00
J. A. Quincy, labor on So. Street Culvert, 5.25
W. E. Kingsbury, labor on So. Street Culvert, . 7.00
G. W. Kingsbury, labor on different bridges, .
28.06
$419.88
TOWN HOUSE.
Paid N. F. Harding, repairs, $3.13
Gould & Co., coal, .
48.18
E. P. Gilley, care of Town Hall, etc.,
150.00
C. F. Bruce, repairs on chimneys,
7.99
Jeremiah Johnston, cleaning vaults,
10.00
Mrs. F. H. Phelps, cleaning entry,
.75
Wm. Ryan, iron work, .95
J. A. Fitts, oil and supplies, 25.54
L. H. Turner, grate, and labor on furnace,
13.50
L. Babcock & Son, stock and labor, .
70.43
W. W. Preston, repairing stove and grate,
2.85
Amount carried forward,
$333.32
IO
Amount brought forward,
$333.32
Paid James Ord, supplies, .
1.71
E. M. Bent, wood,
3.00
E. P. Gilley, shavings and postage,
I.IO
Mrs. G. M. Gilmore, cleaning hall,
8.17
Geo. Babcock, assisting cleaning,
6.75
$354.05
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid J. H. Baker & Co., wheel for Hook and Ladder truck, . $8.00
W. S. Bingham, for Hook and Ladder men, 153 50
F. B. Danforth, for engine-men, 214.50
E. Chamberlain, for engineers, .
36.00
G. Heath, watching fire, . 1.70
1.50
J. H. Baker & Co., repairs on engine,
W. N. Grace, care of Hook and Ladder truck, .
10.00
Alfred Blake, care of engine,
11.50
Alfred Blake, watching fire,
1.50
H. G. Crosby, use of team at fires,
40.00
J. H. Baker & Co., repairs on hose carriage,
5.18
Boston Woven Hose Co., 750 feet of hose,
450.00
Boston Woven Hose Co., repairing old hose, Wm. Ryan, repairs, . .71
15.00
J. A. Fitts, supplies, .
8.95
H. J. Dunn. 12 chairs,
4.80
H. S. Jackson, brakes for engine,
16.00
G. M. Hanks, alcohol and glycerine, 2 years,
9.00
H. G. Crosby, extra men at Almshouse fire, E. M. Bent, coal,
12.00
J. H. Baker & Co., chains and straps,
4.05
E. M. Bent, wood,
4.75
T. L. Barney, supplies
1.IO
N. F. Harding, repairs,
1.00
H. M. Parker's Express,
6.00
Edwin H. Abell, watching fire, .
2.00
Ed. Mclaughlin, watching fire, .
2.00
G. H. Turner, watching fire,
2.00
$1,025.99
3.25
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INCIDENTALS.
Paid Geo. H. Ellis, printing 500 Town Reports, $35.50
Law and Order League spotters, 47.52
F. K. Bonney, 500 stamped envelopes for Treas- urer, .
10.80
S. J. Spear, copy of Dedham records, .
2.35
S. J. Spear, copy of intentions of marriage, 2.90
Joseph Clark, Quartermaster, Post 117, G.A.R. S. J. Spear, printing, .
50.00
Wm. F. Abell, care of town clock to Feb. 1, 1888, 25.00 Wm. Ryan, repairing scraper and sharpening picks, . 6.10
Union Lumber Co., fence boards,
60.06
J. B. Hale, insurance on school-house, 123.75
John Noonan, repairing catch basin on N Street,
1.50
Wm. F. Guild, tax book, . .
1.00
C. F. Bruce, putting in drain on Cottage Street, 140.00
A. D. Kingsbury, putting up railing, 7.00
. Mrs. Alice Austin, insurance on Centre School- house, 56.25
C. T. Frost, laying drain on N Street,
25.00
J. H. Baker & Co., stakes for Engineer Brooks, 0.60
H. G. Crosby, putting up 41 tramps,
20.50
J. A. Quincy, setting posts, 7.87
A. E. Mason, posts and sleepers, 23.45
W. E. Kingsbury, putting up railings, 4.10
G. W. Kingsbury, putting up railings, 11.87
Hamlet Wight, chestnut posts, 14.65
John McGrory, setting bound posts,
2.25
A. B. Parker, returning 20 deaths,
5.00
T. L. Barney, stationery, .
0.80
L. Babcock, painting guide-boards,
3.50
N. F. Harding, guide-boards and repairing pump platform, etc., 7.95
John W. Shumway, care of Derby and Smith lots in cemetery, 8.00
S. J. Spear, recording births, marriages, and deaths, 16.95
S. J. Spear, two trips to Dover, . 4.00
Amount carried forward, $737.72
11.50
12
Amount brought forward,
$737.72
Paid S. J. Spear, postage, . ·
.75
James Ord, drain-pipe,
62.21
G. P. Morey, covering stone,
3.50
Geo. H. Ellis, order book, .
5.00
G. W. Kingsbury, postage,
1.00
H. M. Parker, sundries and express, .
19.95
G. W. Bruce, postage,
.71
3.00
J. B. Hale, insurance on furniture at Almshouse, Thos. Rourke, setting posts and putting up rail- ing,
23.87
$857.71
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Hinsdale F. Bullard, services as Registrar, $6.00
Wm. C. Allen, services as Registrar, . 6.00
J. G. Hutson, services as Registrar, 6.00
S. J. Spear, services as Registrar,
6.00
Ellen Clifford, services as School Committee,
80.00
T. L. Barney, services as Auditor, 1886, .
5.00
Wm. S. Tilden, services as School Committee, 25.00
WVm. F. Guild, services as Assessor, .
35.00
Wm. P. Hewins, services as Assessor,
30.00
James Nelson, . 30.00
Geo. W. Kingsbury, services as Selectman, 70.00
Geo. W. Kingsbury, services as Overseer, . 30.00
Geo. W. Bruce, services as Selectman, 50.00
60.00
A. E. Mason, services as Overseer,
25.00
Eugene Bonney, services as Overseer,
25.00
R. A. Battelle, services as Treasurer,
60.00
S. J. Spear, services as Town Clerk, . 40.00
M. H. Johnson, services as Collector of Taxes,
102.00
H. G. Crosby, services as Constable,
7.50
$698.50
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Paid Houghton, Mifflin & Co., books,
$6.50
J. H. Richardson,
9.00
De Wolfe, Fiske & Co., books, .
187.96
Amount carried forward,
$203.46
.
E. V. Mitchell, services as Selectman,
I3
Amount brought forward, $203.46
Paid E. E. Grover, books, .
15.63
Elliot & Beesly, books,
3.25
Lucretia M. Johnson, services as Librarian, 85.00
S. J. Spear, printing,
35.25
Mrs. F. H. Phelps, cleaning library, .
4.00
H. M. Parker's Express,
1.45
C. H. Russell's Express,
1.90
$349.94
Appropriation by the town,
$100.00
Dog Tax, .
234.95
Income of Cummings Legacy, 2 years,
100.00
$434.95
Due Library,
$84.96
SEWER.
Paid N. F. Harding, repairing basin cover,
$2.82
L. C. Bullard, labor on basin platform,
8.25
J. H. Schelensmeyer, labor on basin platform,
8.25
E. V. Mitchell, cash paid for labor,
5.25
Wm. F. Guild, chestnut plank,
3.80
Thos. Rourke, labor,
1.75
Charles Bruce, stock and labor,
8.00
A. D. Kingsbury, labor, .
1.75
G. W. Kingsbury, labor with team, .
8.22
C. T. Frost, laying pipe man-hole, and on N. Street,
70.00
$118.09
SUPPORT OF THE POOR.
At the Almshouse,
$1,873.00
Out of the Almshouse,
895.50
$2,768.50
AID TO INDIGENT SOLDIERS.
Paid E. G. Babcock,
$144.00
Watson Cooper,
81.00
$225.00
I4
BORROWED MONEY.
Paid E. V. Mitchell, .
$4,000.00
Searle, Dailey & Co., . .
.
1,000.00
J. R. Smith,
350.00
$5,350.00
INTEREST.
Paid interest on money borrowed,
$77.47
Trustees of School Fund, .
274.II
$351.58
TAXES.
Paid State Treasurer overpaid Corporation Tax,
$3.30
State Tax, .
1,395.00
Millis Tax,
6.33
Walpole Tax,
.
1.59
$ 1,406.22
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Paid A. K. Bryant, .
$1.17
RECAPITULATION.
Paid for teaching schools, .
$3,019.40
Fuel, care, and supplies,
726.15
School books,
245.22
Repairs on school-houses,
70.76
Remodelling Centre School-house,
5,388.00
Highways,
1,761.59
Clearing roads of snow,
56.20
Dwight's Causeway,
473.82
South Street,
487.92
Bridges,
419.88
Town House,
354.05
Fire department,
1,025.99
Town officers,
698.50
Incidentals, .
857.71
Public Library,
349.99
Sewer, .
118.09
Support of the poor at Almshouse,
1,873.00
Amount carried forward,
. $17,926.27
15
Amount brought forward, $17,926.27
Paid Support of the poor out of the Almshouse, Aid to soldiers,
895.50
225.00
Borrowed money, .
5,350.00
Interest on same, .
77.47
Trustees of School Fund,
274.II
Taxes, .
1,406.22
Abatement of taxes,
1.17
$26,155.74
RESOURCES.
Balance in Treasury, Feb. 1, 1888,
$1,544.34
Due on taxes for 1887,
408.49
Military Aid to Jan. 1, 1888,
112.50
$2,065.33
LIABILITIES.
Note due Trustees of School Fund, $2,485.20
Geo. Cummings legacy for public library, . 1,000.00
Geo. M. Smith's legacy for care of lot in cemetery, 100.00
M. T. Derby's legacy for care of lot in cemetery,
100.00
Note of Hamlet Wight,
3,500.00
Due schools for teaching,
388.65
Due Public Library,
84.96
$7,658.81
Liabilities exceed resources,
$5,593.48
New guide-boards have been put up, or old ones repaired, where necessary to maintain them.
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. W. KINGSBURY, Selectmen GEORGE W. BRUCE, of E. V. MITCHELL, Medfield.
J. A. FITTS,
Auditor.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
M. H. JOHNSON, Collector for 1886 and 1887, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF MEDFIELD.
Dr. 1886.
To uncollected Tax, Feb. 1, 1887, $166.03
1886.
By Cash paid Treasurer, $83.20
Assessors' Abatements, 82.83
$166.03
Paid Treasurer Interest,
$2.62
1887.
By Cash paid Treasurer, . $12,963.67
County Treasurer, . 631.04 Discounts as per vote of town, 620.65
14,215.36
$14,215.36
By Interest paid Treasurer, $5.26.
R. A. BATTELLE, Collector. By appointment.
Dr.
1887. Cr.
1887.
By Cash collected and paid Treas-
urer,
$1,103.91
Uncollected Taxes, 408.49
Interest collected and paid Treas-
urer, 12.85
MEDFIELD, Feb. 1, 1888.
R. A. BATTELLE, Collector. Correct. J. A. FITTS, Auditor.
Cr.
1887. To commitment for 1887, $15,727.76
$1,512.40
To commitment,
$1,512.40
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The Overseers of the Poor present the following report of this department : -
Amount of the appraisal Feb. 1, 1888, $2,052.50
CASH PAYMENTS BY THE TREASURER.
Paid I. L. Lawrence, salary in full to April 1, 1887, . $91.67
W. E. Kingsbury, grinding grain, 16.99
J. H. Baker & Co., repairing sled and pung, fil- ing saws, 6.85
William Ryan, shoeing and blacksmithing, etc., 52.58
Gould & Co., flour, grain, and coal, . 226.59
A. A. Kingsbury, wheelbarrow and harness closet, 9.00
A. B. Parker, funeral expenses of Arthur Bailey, 27.00
A. B. Parker, horse collar, .
3.50
E. F. Wyer, harness, 17.00
Thomas Rourke, cutting ten cords of wood, .
12.50
Charles Bruce, meat, 37.46 .
I. L. Lawrence, salary to Feb. 1, 1888, 458.33
J. H. Baker, repairing harness, . 3.30
J. M. Johnson, bread and crackers,
15.53
Overseers, seed potatoes and grass seed,
8.22
L. C. Bullard, patching barn, etc., 1.37
J. H. Schelensmeyer, patching barn, etc., . 1.37
I. L. Lawrence, cash paid for hanging paper, etc., 6.56
I. L. Lawrence, cash paid for ladders,
7.75
Dr. Gilfeather, medical attendance on Mrs. Childs, 3.50
A. B. Parker, funeral expenses of Mrs. Childs, 28.37
J. A. Tucker, superphosphate, 26.60
J. A. Fitts, goods furnished,
105.30
N. F. Harding, stock and labor,
36.43
L. H. Turner, repairs on pump,
2.25
L. Babcock & Son, paint, . 3.29
C. F. Bruce, whitewashing,
5.00
Amount carried forward,
$1,214.31
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Amount brought forward, $1,214.31
Paid William F. Harding, fish,
12.62
W. W. Preston, repairs on pump, 1.00
Bonney Brothers, four pigs,
18.00
Bonney Brothers, cleaning up cranberries,
4.40
G. M. Hanks, medicine,
1.70
James Ord, supplies, 9.63
T. L. Smith, boarding I. L. Lawrence and family, 75.00
E. Bullard, meat, 66.03
A. A. Kingsbury, repair on carriage house, 3.50
G. W. Kingsbury, butchering hogs, ·
3.00
H. W. Wight, cutting ice, .
10.00
I. L. Lawrence, cash paid picking cranberries,
4.25
C. H. Russell, sledding ice,
8.00
J. W. Conger, goods furnished, . 13.61
T. L. Barney, 66
106.32
R. M. J. Grant, " 66
15.24
E. E. Newell, meat,
53.70
N. F. Harding, repairs,
2.14
James Ord, furniture,
215.49
G. W. Kingsbury, cash paid for putting in ice,
10.00
A. B. Tisdale, butter and cheese, 25.06
$1,873.00
CASH RECEIVED BY THE TREASURER.
From Overseers, for milk, .
$770.03
66
" calves,
.
9.75
" hogs, .
75.46
" eggs, .
7.61
66
66 turnips and cabbages,
10.80
66
" meadow hay,
9.00
66
" cider apples,
2.03
" cranberries,
116.70
66
" beans,
6.67
66
" beef (cow),
42.00
" rye, .
4.53
66
" tomatoes, .
.65
66
" use of horse,
2.00
$1,057.23
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Total payments by Treasurer,
$1,873.00
Total receipts by Treasurer, ·
$1,057.23
Providing for 100 tramps, at 25 cents each,
25.00
$1,082.23
Number of paupers in Almshouse, 2
Average number, ·
3
Paupers in Almshouse : -
Silas Allen, 93 years. Herbert A. Kingsbury, 44 years.
James F. Cary, discharged April 12, 1887.
Mrs. Emily Childs, died July 26, 1887. Arthur Bailey, died March 10, 1887.
Poor out of the Almshouse : -
Paid City of Boston, for aid furnished Wm. Adams, $15.00 Dr. A. J. Runnells, medical attendance on C. A. Kingsbury, 4.00
Aid furnished Mrs. H. R. Hunt,
10.00
Aid furnished James F. Cary, . 4.00
C. A. Kingsbury, for board of H. A. Kingsbury,
9.00
Jonathan Higgins, for board of Silas Allen,
46.00
Edward Newcomb, for board of H. A. Kings- bury, 20.00
Aid furnished Mrs. Lucy Small, of Brewster, .
22.00
Taunton Hospital, board of Mrs. M. A. Ricker,
124.29
Taunton Hospital, board of S. L. Wood, 189.12
Taunton Hospital, board of Chas. W. Bullard, . 186.73
Taunton Hospital, board of John E. Bullard, . 85.92
Worcester Hospital, board of Susan M. Bullard, 179.44
$895.50
Received from the Town of Brewster, for aid fur- nished Mrs. Lucy Small, 22.00
$873.50
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. W. KINGSBURY, Overseers AMOS E. MASON, of
EUGENE BONNEY, the Poor.
J. A. FITTS, Auditor.
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REPORT OF ENGINEERS.
During the year ending Feb. 1, 1888, there were three alarms of fire.
May 1, 1887, was caused by fire in Central House, owned by Lydia J. Perrigo, and occupied by M. G. Barr as a hotel. This fire probably originated from a kerosene lamp, which the occupant of the room had left burning while absent.
May 14, 1887, was caused by fire upon woodland near the resi- dence of Lucy and Mary Morse, and was extinguished before any damage had been done.
Nov. 12, 1887, was caused by the burning of the Almshouse, which was a total loss, and originated from defect in chimney.
The Engine Company has forty-four men, including officers.
The Hook and Ladder Company has twenty men, including officers.
During the year new hose has been purchased to replace that which had become worthless, and such other repairs made as the good of the service seemed to demand.
GEORGE A. MORSE, / Board BENNETT WILSON, of Engineers.
W. C. GILMAN,
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REGISTRAR'S REPORT.
BIRTHS IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1887.
DATE.
NAME.
PARENTS.
Feb. I.
Ernest Albion Adams.
Lewis L. and Leonora B. Adams. Jonathan and Mary E. Higgins.
Mar. 16.
Mabel Abigail Higgins.
Mar. 18.
Nathaniel Dana Allen.
Joseph E. and Charlotte B. Allen. Edwin V. and Blanche E. Mitchell.
Mar. 25.
Granville Curtis Mitchell.
Apr. 22.
Arthur Chickering Mann.
May 6.
Florence Esther Fairbanks Cole.
May 8.
Mattie J. Richardson.
June 25.
Leola Sawyer.
Henry F. and Rose E. Sawyer.
July 3.
Harry Theodore Schools.
July 10.
Walter Churchill Smith.
July 13.
Mary Lynch.
Daniel and Mary Lynch.
Aug. 27.
Inez S. Heath.
George E. and S. Ella Heath.
Sept. 6.
Arthur French Kingsbury.
Warren E. and Mary E. Kingsbury.
Oct. 10.
Ida Louise Munro.
Thomas S. and Edith S. Munro. J. Herbert and Harriet J. Baker.
Oct. 13.
Bernice Baker.
Oct. 14.
Alice Bacon Plympton.
Oct. 16.
Jennie Lois Taber.
Nov. 4.
Mabel Jean Mollison.
Nov. 8.
George Frederick Mitchell.
Dec. 5.
James Bernard Clark.
Dec. 12.
Florence May Clair.
Bernard and Ellen Clark. Charles and Elizabeth Clair.
Dec. 27.
Not named.
M. Howard and Anna L. Blood.
William H. and Cassandra Mann. Richard E. and Abbie Cole. Almon and Cora B. Richardson.
George W. and Lizzie Schools. Walter L. and Carrie M. Smith.
George L. and Ellen M. Plympton. Frank H. and Clara E. Taber. Alexander and Jennie Mollison. G.Frederick and Rosalie E. Mitchell.
Total number of births, 22. Males, 10. Females, 12.
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MARRIAGES IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1887.
DATE.
NAMES.
RESIDENCES.
WHERE AND BY WHOM MARRIED.
Jan. 16.
Henry G. Wight, ( Medfield, { In Sherborn, by Rev. Edmund Cecelia M. Hodge, ¿ Sberborn, Dowse.
Feb. 19. Thomas S. Munro, § Medfield,
Edith S. Crane, Medfield, S
In Medfield, by Rev. Wilbur Johnson.
Mar. 12. Horace G. Bussey, § Medfield, ¿ In Hyde Park, by Rev. Perley
Henrietta L. Clapp, Hyde Park, S B. Davis.
May 6. Granville A. O. Talbot, § Medfield, [N.S., Į In Medfield, by Rev.
Ellen N. Burrows, Springhill Mines, Wilbur Johnson.
May 10. Harry C. Aiken, § Medfield, Į In Medfield, by Rev. Wilbur John- Florence E. Howe, { Medfield, S son.
Harvey L. Sawyer, § Medfield,
June 7. Myrtie M. Walton, { Medfield, S
June 25. Raymond Weiker, § Medfield, Annie Greer, Medfield,
In Medfield, by Rev. J. J. Twiss.
Aug. 23. E. Emmons Grover, § Medfield, Į Nellie A. Richards, \ Medfield, §
In Fall River, by Rev. E. A. Buck.
Sept. 9. Wilbert H. Clark, § Medfield, Abbie M. Perrigo, \ Medfield, S In Boston, by Rev. W. S. Mckenzie.
Sept. 24. William W. Preston, § Medfield, ¿ In West Medway, by Rev.
Susan C. Brigham, Westborough, S A. H. Fuller.
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